diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc7256d170..78e08d3745 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -743,7 +743,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/fnmatch.o compat/regex.o
 	EXTLIBS += -lws2_32
 	X = .exe
-	NOEXECTEMPL = .noexec
 	template_dir = ../share/git-core/templates/
 	ETC_GITCONFIG = ../etc/gitconfig
 endif
@@ -1058,7 +1057,7 @@ ifndef NO_TCLTK
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitk-git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all
 endif
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)perl $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' all
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) NOEXECTEMPL='$(NOEXECTEMPL)'
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1)
 
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $(PROGRAMS) git$X
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index ab2c823ae0..9f3f1fc352 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ RM ?= rm -f
 prefix ?= $(HOME)
 template_instdir ?= $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates
 # DESTDIR=
-# set NOEXECTEMPL to non-empty to change the names of hook scripts
-# so that the tools will not find them
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 blt/$$dir && \
 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
 		*--) ;; \
-		hooks--*) cp -p $$boilerplate blt/$${dst}$(NOEXECTEMPL) ;; \
 		*) cp -p $$boilerplate blt/$$dst ;; \
 		esac || exit; \
 	done && \